Renewed Terror (AQA A-Level History): Flashcards
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High Stalinism period
High Stalinism period
Post-war period of renewed terror & state repression
How returned POWs were treated post-war
How returned POWs were treated post-war
Viewed as threats; faced arrest & gulag despite their service
February 1947 Marriage Law
February 1947 Marriage Law
Outlawed marriages to foreigners
Secret police state definition
Secret police state definition
System where innocence provided no protection from persecution
Lavrentii Beria's main roles
Lavrentii Beria's main roles
Head of NKVD, deputy PM, Politburo member, atomic programme
MVD (Ministry of Internal Affairs) responsibilities
MVD (Ministry of Internal Affairs) responsibilities
Domestic security operations & administered gulag system
MGB (Ministry of State Security) responsibilities
MGB (Ministry of State Security) responsibilities
Counter-intelligence & espionage (later became KGB)
Zhdanovshchina
Zhdanovshchina
1946 cultural purge launched by Stalin under Andrei Zhdanov
Socialist realism under Zhdanovshchina
Socialist realism under Zhdanovshchina
Mandatory artistic norm in literature, art & cinema
Date of Stalin's 70th birthday celebration
Date of Stalin's 70th birthday celebration
December 1949; giant illuminated portrait in Red Square